Definitions

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  • noun obsolete A fervent wish.

Etymologies

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From Latin utinam.

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Examples

  • Quam suave canit! verbum audax dixi, omnium quos vidi formosissimus, utinam amare me dignetur!

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Educatio altera natura, alterat animos et voluntatem, atque utinam (inquit) liberorum nostrorum mores non ipsi perderemus, quum infantiam statim deliciis solvimus: mollior ista educatio, quam indulgentiam vocamus, nervos omnes, et mentis et corporis frangit; fit ex his consuetudo, inde natura.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Think but of that old proverb, ᾑρώων πήματα, heroum filii noxae, great men's sons seldom do well; O utinam aut coelebs mansissem, aut prole carerem! would that I had either remained single, or not had children, [5789] Augustus exclaims in Suetonius.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Amor. vascula plena multae infelicitatis omnem mariotorum opulentiam in haec inpendunt, dracones pro monilibus habent, qui utinam vere dracones essent.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • N.N. dat poenas, saith [2351] Crato of such a one, utinam non attraheret: he is punished, and is the cause of it [2352] himself:

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Sed dum hæc tuis auribus à me occinuntur, utinam gemitus meos altissimos, qui sub hac ad te Apostrophe latent, Serenis simæ Regiæ

    A briefe commentarie of Island, by Arngrimus Ionas 2003

  • Sed dum h鎐 tuis auribus � me occinuntur, utinam gemitus meos altissimos, qui sub hac ad te Apostrophe latent, Serenis sim� Regi�

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Veruntamen si tu: utinam audias me: dabo argentum agri, cape a me, et sepliam mortuum meum ibi.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

  • Tunc dixit Laban, Ecce utinam sit secundum verbum tuum.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

  • For what remains concerning him, “Do illi ingenium, do eloquentiam et industriam; fidem et veritatem utinam coluisset.”

    The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

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  • An earnest wish or yearning.

    May 2, 2009